a statement entitled “War is a public health problem”101 in response to the Afrin operation launched on January 20, 2018. The doctors who signed the declaration were immediately taken into custody.102 This was protested on the 44th week of the Justice Watch, where the declaration of the TTB was read out aloud. For this reason, Aytaç’s house was raided in order to take him into custody. Aytaç, who was not at home at the time of the raid, later went to the prosecutor and gave his statement. The Justice Watch also inspired action in wider society. On June 14, 2017, CHP MP Enis Berberoğlu was arrested and sentenced to 22 years in prison in the context of the so-called “MIT truck trials.”103 In response to the arrest of the CHP MP, CHP Chairman Kılıçdaroğlu started a March for Justice from Güvenpark, Ankara, on June 15, 2017. The March, supported by various groups, had up to 20 thousand participants, and ended with a rally held in Maltepe, Istanbul, on July 9, 2017, where 500,000 to 1 million people gathered.104 CHP Group Deputy Chairperson Özgür Özel attended the 52nd week of the Justice Watch and in his speech he stated, “One of the inspirations of the March for Justice is Ghandi’s ‘Salt March.’ One of the sources of inspiration for the name of the March was the Justice Watch. Here, our act of resistance fills our hearts with a spirit of resistance and solidarity.”105 THE MARCH OF JANUARY 24 In addition to long-term initiatives such as the Justice Watch, lawyers also took to the streets many times demanding justice and democracy. In 2019, on the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer, the Istanbul Bar Association organised a march from Galatasaray Square to the Bar Association’s building in the Tünel area. The main slogan of the March was “If Lawyers Lose Their Voice, Citizens Lose Their Breath.”106 Presidents of other cities’ bar associations also came in support of the March. Addressing the lawyers at the end of the March from the balcony of the Istanbul Bar Association building, the President of the Association, Mehmet Durakoğlu, made the following statement, “No other 106 ‘If Lawyers Lose Their Voice, Citizens Lose Their Breath’ (25.01.2019; Bianet): https://m.bianet.org/bianet/human-rights/204821-if-lawyers-lose-their-voicecitizens-lose-their-breath Lawyers in front of the İstanbul Bar Association on The Day of The Endangered Lawyer, January 24. (Capshot from ‘’Shrinking Civic Space 2: Right to Defence’’ video, by Fatih Pınar) 101 War is a public health problem! (24.01.2018; Turkish Medical Association): https://www.ttb.org.tr/haber_goster_eng.php?Guid=28de85da-00e5-11e8-a05f429c499923e4 102 Şeyhmus Gökalp (Sessizkalma): https://www.sessizkalma.org/en/defender/ seyhmus-gokalp-2/ 103 Berberoğlu was accused of revealing information on several lorries allegedly belonging to the Turkish National Intelligence Service, which were transporting weapons to Syria [CHP MP Berberoğlu Arrested in MIT Trucks Case, Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison (14.06.2017; Bianet): https://m.bianet.org/bianet/politics/187432-chpmp-berberoglu-arrested-in-mit-trucks-case-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison] 104 The distance is approximately 400 km. 105 Adalet Nöbeti 1.yılında: Gazeteciler tutuklu oldukça hepimiz tutukluyuz (29.03.2018; Cumhuriyet) https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/adalet-nobeti-1yilindagazeteciler-tutuklu-oldukca-hepimiz-tutukluyuz-950525 46 A DEFENSELESS DEFENSE FOREWORD 47